Convince & Convert

JUNE 10, 2012

As marketers try to determine appropriate resourcing, one of the big measurement and accountability challenges faced by social media is the anonymity inherent in most social data. But in almost every case, the evidence that social media “works” is based on aggregate, anonymous data. The New Social CRM Big Three.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

To be fair, I’ve only included those I’ve actually used (Radian6, Sysomos, Spiral 16) or tested (Meltwater, SM2). And of course thanks for including Radian6. davidalston Radian6 [link] David Alston Katie, great post on outlining a process to selecting the right tool. And of course thanks for including Radian6.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 6, 2010

Too many companies and organizations are reinventing the content wheel for every social outpost they maintain. Social Mention (or a paid social media listening package like Radian6 , if you have one) Go to www.socialmention.com and search for your company or product name (in quotes), and set the pull-down to “all.&#

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. The variation may come in how social media is used, not which social media are used.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 25, 2010

You’ll be able to easier understand how these events drive social success using Swix. On the ROI front, Swix CEO Scott Lake ( @scottica ) told me that the company puts as much emphasis on tracking the “I&# as they do the “R&#. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 18, 2010

Of course, there are a ton of outstanding PR firms doing excellent work in social media, including all the folks I have the great privilege to work with every day here at Convince & Convert. But there are still plenty of PR firms (and companies, for that matter) looking at social media purely as a distribution vehicle.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

Amber is Director of Community for Radian6 , co-proprietor of the influential Brass Tack Thinking blog (formerly Altitude Branding), a cool mom, a motivating force, and a hell of a flautist). We reconfigured our companies to accommodate phone. Not just the big companies, but the every companies.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. Post originally written for Social Media Examiner – modified today for this version). Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Google Alerts Like most marketing professionals, I have several Google Alerts set up for my name, my company name, and topics of interest to me. Thanks for the Radian6 shout-out! Thanks for the Radian6 shout-out! 39 social media tools I will use today. Disclaimer: I tweet and blog for the company.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 16, 2010

Despite the widespread use of the phrase “social media marketing,&# marketing is not the only business use of social media, as John Jantsch reminds us. Here he outlines five ways that sales can use these tools as well, from social CRM to teaching prospects how to solve business issues.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

I tried to go a layer or two deeper than some of the major analyst firms as well so you get a broader spectrum companies that would include some of the smaller firms that normally don’t get mentioned. Great for small brands and the do it yourselfer social strategists. Radian6 – I originally started with a firm that I own here at Avaya.

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